A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 04:57:53 / June 23, 2018 @ 4:57 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:57:53 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fqbj. Id of event: us2000fqbj. Exact location, longitude 123.4794° East, latitude 0.4012° North, depth = 251.48 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 251.48 km (156 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (31 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km E of Bilungala, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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